Today in the MHSAA: 9/23/20
September 23, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The official first day of Fall in Michigan saw ranked opponents facing off against some of their toughest opponents to date in volleyball and cross country, plus a league championship tournament in golf.
1. Volleyball: No. 6 Charlevoix won a matchup of Division 3 ranked teams, defeating No. 10 Traverse City St. Francis in five sets – Petoskey News-Review
2. Cross Country: The LPD3 No. 13 Grass Lake girls team handed Hanover-Horton its first league loss since 2015 – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
3. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 10 Traverse City West downed Division 2 No. 6 Cadillac 17-15 in the deciding fifth set for a key league win – Up North Live
4. Cross Country: Pinckney’s boys – ranked No. 13 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – edged LPD1 No. 12 Brighton 26-29, while the No. 4 Brighton girls held off unranked Pinckney’s by the same score – Livingston Daily
5. Volleyball: Rudyard ran its Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference winning streak to 43 matches with a 3-1 win over Pickford – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
6. Girls Golf: Adrian Lenawee Christian shot a 393 to win the Independent Golf League championship tournament – JTV
7. Girls Swimming & Diving: Grand Blanc celebrated seven event winners in a 104-82 team victory over Midland Dow; they are honorable mentions in Divisions 1 and 2, respectively – Midland Daily News
8. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 4 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian came back for a five-set win over Ludington – Local Sports Journal
9. Volleyball: Edwardsburg downed Dowagiac 3-1 in a matchup of first-place teams in the Wolverine Conference – Niles Daily Star
10. Boys Soccer: Chelsea improved to 7-0 with a 2-0 win over Melvindale, the reigning Division 2 runner-up – Ann Arbor News
Also of note …
Boys Tennis: From Monday, Lansing Catholic earned a share of the Capital Area Activities Conference White title with a 7-1 win over Ionia – Greenville Daily News
Boys Basketball: Mark Gainforth retired after 24 seasons coaching Unionville-Sebewaing and with a 423-133 record – Bay City Times
Today in the MHSAA: 1/24/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 24, 2024
1. BOYS BASKETBALL Laingsburg remained undefeated and first alone in the Central Michigan Athletic Conference with a 59-55 win over Pewamo-Westphalia – Lansing State Journal
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Norway downed West Iron County 63-60, but Danica Shamion went over 1,000 career points for the Wykons – Upper Michigan Source
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Whitehall won a matchup of undefeated teams 58-56 over Cadillac – CatchMark SportsNet
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Orchard Lake St. Mary’s finished a Catholic League Central sweep of Warren De La Salle Collegiate, 68-55 – Oakland Press
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Fremont ended a 23-game losing streak to Ludington with a 41-35 win – Muskegon Chronicle
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Petersburg Summerfield scored six points over nine seconds to get past Britton Deerfield 59-53 – Monroe News
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Luke Gelow’s 36 points helped Cheboygan past Gaylord 71-63 in overtime – Cheboygan Daily Tribune
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Hudsonville Unity Christian hung on for a 70-66 win over Holland Christian – Holland Sentinel
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Stevensville Lakeshore followed a pair of key individual performances to a 71-53 win over Kalamazoo Central – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Spring Lake came back for a 55-47 overtime win over Hamilton – Muskegon Chronicle